History of World and Czech Theatre 6

Tutor:

Jana PILÁTOVÁ

Synopsis:

Lectures and classes conveying the main periods in the development of Czech and World theatres as well as changes theatre language from the beginning to the present.

Prerequisites:

At least a middle-school level knowledge of the history of literature and the arts. Independent study of the subject literature. Reading of drama texts, attendance of theatre performances. Active participation in the course.

Study Objectives:

Introduction to the main periods of the theatre arts, foremost in relationship to changes in the language and function of theatre. Based on an analysis of plays and interpretation of video-recordings of theatre productions there will be a development of the perception of drama texts and language.

Outline and Syllabus:

Origin and principle of theatre

Theatre of the antique; theatre changes, types and function, sources of later inspiration.

Theatre festivities: organization, audience, space, actors, music and dance, costumes, make-up; Helenistic and Roman theatre; today's staging of the antique.

Medieval theatre and drama; Carnevals, folk culture and theatre.

Types of Italian theatre and drama from the Rennaissance; theatre spaces, set design.

English theatre and drama; Professional theatre; Shakespeare.

Spanish theatre and drama; miracle and educational theatre; The Baroque.

French theatre and drama; 1500-1800; origin, duration and changes in style.

German theatre and drama and its reforms; the national theatre phenomena (dramaturgists function)

European theatre and drama from 1800 to the beginnings of modern theatre; artistic v. popular theatre (from the Romance to Realism). Forms of realistic drama; lllusional theatre.

The Great Theatre Reform (from Wagner to Modernism); new drama and theatre staging. New means of expression, the theatre artist; director; illusional and anti-illusional theatre.

Inter-War and post-war European theatre. Avant Garde, Epic theatre, existentialism and drama of the absurd.

The Second Theatre Reform; new social relationships, repertory and alternative theatre.

Change in acting and directing in the 20th Century; Stanislavisky, Mejerchold, Brecht, Grotowski (and others).

Study materials:

BRAUN, Kazimierz

1979 Druga reforma teatru?; přel. Jiří Vondráček, Druhá divadelní reforma? (Praha: Divadelní ústav-Městská knihovna-AMU-JAMU, 1993)

BROOK, Peter

1968 The Empty Space; přel. Alois Bejblík, Prázdný prostor (Praha: Panorama, 1988)

1987 The Shifting Point; přel. Jan Hančil, Pohyblivý bod (Praha: Nakladatelství Studia Ypsilon, 1996)

BROCKETT, Oscar G.

1968, 1999 History of the Theatre; přel. Milan Lukeš a Zdena Benešová, Dějiny divadla (Praha: Nakladatelství Lidové noviny-Divadelní ústav, 1999)

CÍSAŘ, Jan

1990 Vývoj divadelního jazyka (České Budějovice: KKS)

2004 Přehled dějin českého divadla. I. Od počátků do roku 1862 (Praha: AMU)

2004 Přehled dějin českého divadla. II. Od roku 1862 do roku 1945 (Praha: AMU)

ČERNÝ, František (ed.)

1968-1983 Dějiny českého divadla I, II, III, IV (Praha: Academia)

HYVNAR, Jan

2000 Herec v moderním divadle (Praha: Pražská scéna)

PAVIS, Patrice

1996 Dictionnaire du Théâtre; přel. Daniela Jobertová, Divadelní slovník (Slovník divadelních pojmů) (Praha: Divadelní ústav, 2003)

SCHERHAUFER, Peter

1998 Čítanka z dejín divadelnej réžie od Goetheho a Schillera po Reinharta (Bratislava: NDC)

1998 Čítanka z dejín divadelnej réžie od neandertálca po Mainingenčanov (Bratislava: NDC)

1999 Čítanka z dejín divadelnej réžie. III. diel - od Marinettiho po Ejzenštejna (Bratislava: Divadelný ústav)

STEHLÍKOVÁ, Eva

2005 Antické divadlo (Praha: Univerzita Karlova)

Note:

Schedule for winter semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2008/2009:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Doporučený bakalářský dramatická výchova - komb. (subject determining qualification)